Resources focus on improved skills
By Carol Terracina Hartman
CMR Managing Editor
Doesn’t it happen to all professors that outside voices validate what we preach via PowerPoint, Brightspace Capture-hosted videos and small-group exercises? And sometimes those external sources drive it home just a bit further and ignite a flame.
We’ve all experienced it: a student runs in to our classroom, breathless, eyes glowing. A candle of inspiration has been lit.
“I just learned this new technique for composition. It’s called Rule of Thirds,” she exclaims. “It’s gonna totally change my photography.”
OK …
Toes tapping. Drawing on every possible reserve for patience.
How many weeks spent on this topic?
Fast forward: debriefing week after Dallas ACP conference.
“I just learned there is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment. This is totally gonna change our editorial next edition.”